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I recently had to create an SFTP server on our work development system, and after doing a fair bit of Googling on the topic found a good solution. The solution is a combination of research done at differnt sites. It is this solution that I am sharing in hopes that it will help someone else. This tutorial will help you turn your Windows based system into a SecureFTP server. Background Secure Shell (SSH) is a program that lets you log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. When using ssh, the entire login session, including transmission of password, is encrypted and therefore is very secure. You may have noticed that many webhosts allow ssh access. This means that you can login to their webserver and execute many UNIX commands (the ones they allow you access to) on your account. Not only can you connect ...

When we use attrib command to change read-only or hidden attributes of a system file, we get the error “Not resetting system file“. Examples: E:\>attrib test.txt A  S         E:\test.txt E:\>attrib +R test.txt Not resetting system file - E:\test.txt E:\>attrib +H test.txt Not resetting system file - E:\test.txt E:\> We can fix this problem by adding extra ‘+S ‘ to the attrib command. E:\>attrib +R test.txt Not resetting system file - E:\test.txt E:\>attrib +R +S test.txt E:\>attrib test.txt A  S R       E:\test.txt E:\> To make all hidden files visible & to make all grayed out options re-accessible use below command: E:\>attrib -s -h /s /d

Configure a client computer for automatic domain time synchronization Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista Some computers that are joined to a domain are configured to synchronize from a manual time source. Use the following procedure to configure a client computer that is currently synchronizing with a manually specified computer, to automatically synchronize time with the domain hierarchy.

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When troubleshooting client or server side application network connectivity issues, it is often necessary to determine if access to a certain port that the application uses is being blocked. In this article we’ll take a quick look at how to view open ports using a number of lightweight freeware tools for Microsoft Windows. You might just be surprised at how effective these free utilities are at helping you to scan open ports and get to the root of the problem. The first tool of note is one many admin and support folk might have heard of; the Windows command line utility called netstat.exe. Netstat.exe, located in the Windows ‘System32’ folder, allows you to view ports that are open or in use on a particular host, but should not be confused with a network port scanner which actually probes a host for open ports. To view which ports are listening (open) on a local host using netstat, from the command prompt type the following: netstat –an ¦find /i “listening” The results w...